Senior Backend Software Engineer (Identity Data)
Affirm
New York, United States Posted October 26, 2026
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Salary Range
$173,000 - $255,000
Job Description
Join Affirm as a Senior Backend Software Engineer in the Identity Engineering team. You will be responsible for owning and delivering high-availability and low-latency systems, collaborating with product management, design, and analytics, and fostering a culture of quality and ownership within your team. Enjoy a remote-first work environment, generous time off, health benefits, and opportunities for learning and development.
- Gagner une compréhension approfondie du contexte commercial, produit et technique pour posséder et livrer des systèmes à haute disponibilité et faible latence.
- Être responsable de la réalisation des objectifs trimestriels de l'équipe, de la direction des ingénieurs à travers l'ambiguïté pour résoudre des problèmes ouverts.
- Identifier proactivement les problèmes de projet, de processus, de technologie ou d'entreprise, plaider en leur faveur et diriger leur résolution.
- You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with our global engineering team
- Your experience demonstrates that you take ownership of your growth, proactively seeking feedback from your team, your manager, and your stakeholders
- You are proficient at making significant changes in a large code base, and have developed a suite of tools and practices that enable you and your team to do so safely
- You have 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin
- You have a track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes
- You have experience defining a technical plan for the delivery of a significant feature or system component with an elegant, simple and extensible design. You write high quality code that is easily understood and used by others
- This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
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